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    Sports <p>Pickleball Rising license plate, designed by Laramie Studio in Seattle (Seattle Metro Pickleball Association)</p> <p>Pickleball Rising license plate, designed by Laramie Studio in Seattle (Seattle Metro Pickleball Association)</p>

    Washington pickleball fans may may soon have special license plate

    Enthusiasts are teaming up on a bill for a special plate. Proceeds would build and maintain courts.

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    By Jerry Cornfield • January 19, 2023 3:30 pm
    News A suspected drunk driver allegedly collided with several vehicles Saturday afternoon on U.S. 2 near Chain Lake Road in Monroe. (Monroe Police Department)

    Effort begins to lower the legal limit for driving drunk

    By Jerry Cornfield
    Northwest Screenshot of the Issaquah Press from Nov. 6, 1985, regarding the murder trial of John H. Schoenhals.

    Family fears son’s killer could be freed from Washington state prison

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    Gov. Jay Inslee enters the House chambers before beginning the 2023 State of the State. Courtesy photo
    State of the State: Inslee pushes for $4...
    By Jerry Cornfield • January 12, 2023 10:53 am

    Calls for an assault weapons ban and the constitutional protection of abortion rights drew cheers from Democrats, silence from the GOP.

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    Proposal would exempt Washington’s news outlets from B&O...
    By Cameron Sheppard • January 10, 2023 3:53 pm

    Legislation cited as necessary save jobs and protect a critical community service.

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    Oxycodone pill. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
    State sues 3 major drug retailers for role...
    By Jerry Cornfield • December 27, 2022 3:40 pm

    AG Bob Ferguson alleges Albertsons, Kroger and Rite Aid of failing to prevent overuse of opioid prescriptions

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    Ice storm coming? National Weather Service says it...
    By Steve Hunter • December 22, 2022 3:33 pm

    To strike most of Western Washington Thursday evening through Friday evening

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    High Priest Kalu and High Preistess Syleena “Call The Corners,” a small ritual where a candle is lit at each direction of the Earth as the elements of each direction is called upon. Here they call on the guardian of the watchtower of the South, represented by red which symbolizes fire. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.
    Yule in the PNW: How witches, pagans, Wiccans...
    By Bailey Jo Josie bailey.jo.josie@rentonreporter.com • December 21, 2022 11:00 am

    Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year, which has been celebrated for thousands of years all over the world. Have you ever wondered how modern witches like to celebrate?

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    Traffic moves slowly along I-5 through Everett on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. (Olivia Vanni / Sound Publishing)
    Holiday travel: Icy Sea-Tac airport tops ‘Misery Map’
    By Andrea Brown • December 21, 2022 10:53 am

    The predicted third-busiest holiday travel season since 2000 faces a wintry mix of traffic jams and flight issues.

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    An AR-15. Courtesy photo
    For 7th straight year, Democrats aim for assault...
    By Jerry Cornfield • December 20, 2022 9:55 am

    Democratic legislators will seek several gun control laws in the 2023 session, including one requiring a permit to buy a firearm.

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    Homeless encampment in a wooded area in Auburn. (Sound Publishing file photo)
    Gov. Inslee proposes $4 billion bond to assist...
    By Jerry Cornfield • December 15, 2022 11:15 am

    WA voters would get the final say.

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    The only dinosaur discovered in Washington state was discovered by paleontologists who found a portion of a left femur of a therapod dinosaur at Sucia Island state park in the San Juan Islands. While scientists are unsure exactly what type of therapod the fossil belongs to, evidence suggests it is a Daspletosaurus. The dinosaur has been nicknamed Suciasaurus rex. This image shows a Daspletosaurus torosus restoration. (Wikipedia)
    Dinosaurs, drug laws and police pursuits on lawmaker...
    By Jerry Cornfield • December 12, 2022 10:20 am

    WA legislators are queuing up bills they want to debate next year. Here are 8 certain to garner attention.

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    Courtesy Photo, UW Medicine
    Flu season is off to historically severe start...
    By Steve Hunter • December 8, 2022 12:48 pm

    Flu-related hospitalizations are higher so far this year in U.S. than every previous season since 2011

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